Dates: Monday, April 14 – Friday, April 18
Location: Pelican Golf Club – Belleair, Fla.
Host: SEC
Course Par/Yardage: Par 70 / 6,254 yards
Format: 54-hole stroke play (18-18-18) and Match Play (3 matches)
Tee Times: 9:40 a.m. on Monday and TBA all other days
Live Scoring: Golfstat
Watch: Semifinals (SECN+) and Finals (SECN)
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LINEUP
No. 1 – Inès Archer
No. 2 – Paula Francisco
No. 3 – Jessica Guiser
No. 4 – Karoline Tuttle
No. 5 – Addison Klonowski
Substitute – Elaine Widjaja
TEE OFF
The No. 24 Florida women’s golf team tees off the first part of the postseason at the SEC Championship at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla. from April 14-18. UF enters as the No. 10 seed and will be paired with Oklahoma and Tennessee.
THE FIELD (NCAA Rankings as of April 9)
Alabama, Arkansas (No. 2), Auburn (No. 14), Florida (No. 24), Georgia (No. 23), Kentucky, LSU (No. 11), Missouri, Mississippi State (No. 20), Oklahoma, Ole Miss (No. 18), South Carolina (No. 4), Tennessee, Texas (No. 6), Texas A&M (No. 16) and Vanderbilt (No. 21).
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
From 1981 to 1987, Florida women’s golf claimed five of seven SEC titles. Also during that reign, the 1983 and 1985 teams each came in second at the conference tournament. The Gators set history and won the first-ever SEC Championship in 1981 in Opelika, Alabama with a team score of 875 as Lynn Connelly won the individual title with a score of 217. UF has also won conference titles in 1991, 1995, 2008 and 2017. The program has had seven individual Southeastern Conference titles.
The Gators have clinched a spot in match play the last two seasons. Florida dropped its quarterfinals match 4-1 vs. Texas A&M in 2023, who went on to win the SEC title. In 2022, Gators finished runner-up and made it to finals for the first time since the format addition. The No. 5 seeded Gators knocked off the reigning conference champion and No. 1 seeded Auburn Tigers and the defending national champions, Ole Miss.
STRONG REGULAR SEASON
Behind an underclassmen lineup, Florida captured five team titles this regular season along with freshman Jessica Guiser winning the Gators Invitational becoming the second UF freshman to earn medalist honors at the home event.
Redshirt-freshman Addison Klonowski was a consistent presence in her first collegiate season, leading in stroke average at 72.2 and finishing top-25 in all eight regular season events and 10 rounds…
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